Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at Mercy Hospital of Folsom

1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$960.83

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,470.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$23.55 with Hill Physicians vs $984.00 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $23.55 ↓ -98%
United Medicaid|< 21 $26.68 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|> 21 $26.68 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $41.54 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $41.84 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $41.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $48.04 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.04 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $48.04 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $48.30 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $51.68 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $55.68 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $55.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.93 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $96.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $96.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $96.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $96.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $96.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $96.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $96.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $105.60 ↓ -89%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $110.52 ↓ -88%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $132.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $152.62 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $190.78 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $266.48 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $492.00 ↓ -49%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↓ -6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $948.00 ↓ -1%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $960.00 ↓ -0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $984.00 ↑ +2%

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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,140.00 $40.37 – $4,900.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $902.09 $36.66 – $943.26
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,800.00 $26.68 – $3,400.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $1,178.29 $32.65 – $1,029.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $1,456.00 $26.68 – $3,280.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,642.54 $31.65 – $250.02
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $676.78 $23.55 – $996.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $538.46 $23.55 – $960.00

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